:

Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 5th, 2021

SHARE:

Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China

People's Liberation Army's Bayi Building in Beijing, China. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Biden to prioritize nuclear weapons strategic agreements in discussions with China, to include pushing for greater transparency and measures they say could avoid a potential arms race. In a letter to Biden ahead of his upcoming virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), the co-chairs of the new Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group,…

Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]

Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]

Congress

Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]

Congress

CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]